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[personal profile] gamboler 2025-06-05 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's just say her prospects may be particularly driven by wealth.

[ A nod. ]

I had a similar thought about Poppy and Edamura. Fish out of water, you might call them. And as for Messmer... [ Hm. ] Well, we'd just have to ask him for that shortlist, I think.

[ It's a little hard for him to picture a match among them for the ten foot snake man. ]
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[personal profile] reverso 2025-06-05 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
...Ah. We didn't really talk about money.

[So it makes sense why he wouldn't think her opinionated if they never touched on a subject she feels strongly about. Maybe he'll ask her about it later, but right now, he sees no point on dwelling on the matter.]

Messmer's a tough one to crack. I'm not even sure he's warmed up to the idea of being here, so it might be best to avoid sending him in. But I don't want to speak for him, either.

[If Messmer fell deeply in love with someone when he wasn't looking, then good for him!!]
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[personal profile] gamboler 2025-06-05 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Good for him, but also, sincere doubt... ]

No, I think you're right. Sending him in there might make for good television, but it would make for poor television. So perhaps our unassuming friends should be our target instead. Poppy and Edamura, maybe Shoko, too.
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[personal profile] reverso 2025-06-05 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[He nods, thinking, then offers a little tidbit that he thinks is harmless enough.]

Let's come back to the topic of Messmer next week, though. I'd like to get to know him a bit better, and I think we might share a few things in common, but it's hard to say so early on.

[Right now, he has only very, very surface-level thoughts about their fellow snake man that intrigue him.

But moving on for now!]


Would Edamura or Shoko be okay with the... er, money thing?
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[personal profile] gamboler 2025-06-05 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ If nothing else, it'd be a shame to lose Messmer so soon, if they're correct. There's much more to him that Aventurine would like to peel back and see...

Anyway. ]


Edamura protested the idea of anyone being here for any reason except finding a match, so it might bother him. Shoko's a doctor, so she might be wealthy already...but I don't know if someone being after her money would brother her or not.

[ She's a tough one to read, too. ]
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[personal profile] reverso 2025-06-05 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Peeled snek...

Verso rubs the back of his neck.]


Maybe. [clicks his tongue] Ah, this is difficult.

[Maybe Shoko and Poppy, then?]

Here's another spin: Poppy's matched with someone without any money at all, to drive home the fact that love isn't dependent on finances. That sounds like a story worthy of "television."
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[personal profile] gamboler 2025-06-05 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Brows pop up - now he's thinking like a television producer. ]

Ah, a classic can't-buy-me-love scenario... that's a little harder to measure, but...our friend Yi Sang doesn't seem the type with bags of money. They'd make quite a sensational pairing, to be sure.

[ It keeps coming back to him, Jae!!! ]
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[personal profile] poans 2025-06-05 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
What funds I once possessed have likely been confiscated.

[He was relatively rich, once. And so, in response to his having "bags of money":]

That is to say, I do not.
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[personal profile] reverso 2025-06-06 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Confiscated...? What happened?
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[personal profile] poans 2025-06-06 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
I was nearly apprehended for an illicit action by the governing body of my residence at the time. As I was spirited away before an arrest could be made, all of my possessions were left behind.
Edited 2025-06-06 02:59 (UTC)
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[personal profile] reverso 2025-06-06 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Lots to unpack here.]

And you never returned…?
Edited (My icon!!!) 2025-06-06 03:37 (UTC)
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[personal profile] poans 2025-06-06 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
No. I eventually happened upon this manor instead.
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[personal profile] reverso 2025-06-06 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. Lucky timing.

[He should inquire more, but maybe he’ll shelve that for now. When they’re not discussing… the Truth Booth.]

…

Well. Do you think it’s viable, or at least good for drama? You and Poppy.
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[personal profile] poans 2025-06-06 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
I cannot speak on the matters of love or what constitutes a drama as I lack experience; however, my understanding is that Miss Poppy is a passionate woman with a clear vision for her future. Rather than affluence alone, what she seeks are acceptance and support from those who can help her soar to greater heights.
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[personal profile] reverso 2025-06-06 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well!!! "Poppy want someone with money" might've been too diluted of a statement.]

And that "support" might just be easier to come by if she can win the affection of someone with a lot of money to spend. But... the acceptance part is a bit trickier, isn't it.
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[personal profile] poans 2025-06-06 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Her reasons for partaking in this game are multifarious. Id est, it is too soon to measure our match outside the booth of truth.